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UK university returns century-old gesture by gifting books to Smithsonian
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/smithsonian
The University of Leicester returned a 100-year-old gesture from the Smithsonian during a ceremony to cement the institutions’ transatlantic partnership.
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Cutting for Stone: Perception and Comfort in Patient-Centred Care
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/03/14/cutting-for-stone/
A review of Abraham Verghese's 2009 novel 'Cutting for Stone' which examines the novel's presentation of the importance of observation skills and compassionate care.
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A Promising Future: Convict Voyages to Western Australia by Kellie Moss
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/06/a-promising-future-convict-voyages-to-western-australia-by-kellie-moss/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 6, 2014 During a recent research trip to the State Library of Western Australia I had the opportunity to examine the journal compiled by William Smith, Surgeon Superintendent, on board the Merchantman’s second...
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The story of skeletons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-story-of-skeletons
What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth finger of a pterosaur? They are among the cast of characters that feature in a new book by University of Leicester professors Jan...
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American women making history and culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/6127/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 The American Women Making History and Culture, 1963-1982 (“American Women”) collection on the internet archive includes Pacifica Radio Archives’ holdings from the five...
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Anti-bullying
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/anti-bullying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 R ecent research from the TUC from a YouGov survey recorded nearly one third of people who responded had suffered bullying.
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Social Entrepreneurship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/07/social-entrepreneurship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 7, 2014 A new standard to measure social impact is now available from the EU.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/5038/
Africana Historic Postcard Collection. New from the Library of Congress, more than 1,500 digitised photograph postcards from European colonial territories from the 1890s – 1960s. Most before 1930. Most are photos from colonial administrators and European missionaries.
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TV News Search Borrow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/17/tv-news-search-borrow/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2012 http://archive.org/details/tv Internet Archive site. This service is designed to help USA citizens better understand the issues and candidates in the 2012 U.S.
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Cardiovascular Projects
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7059
Module code: MB7059 One of the most valued features of this course is opportunity for you to undertake two separate research projects of approximately 11 weeks duration.